Daniel Boulanger

Daniel Boulanger (24 January 1922 – 27 October 2014) was a French novelist, playwright, poet and screenwriter. He has also played secondary roles in films and was a member of the Académie Goncourt from 1983 until his death. He was born in Compiègne, Oise.

Boulanger is most known for his roles as the detective hunting down Jean-Paul Belmondo in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, the neighbor of Claude Jade and Jean-Pierre Léaud in François Truffaut's Bed and Board and as a comical gangster in Shoot the Piano Player, another Truffaut feature. On 27 October 2014, Boulanger died at the age of 92.[1]

Filmography

Award and distinctions
  • 1971 Prix de l'Académie française
  • 1974 Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle, Fouette, cocher !
  • 1979 Prix Prince Pierre de Monaco
  • 1983 llamado a l'Académie Goncourt

References
  1. "Mort de l'écrivain Daniel Boulanger, prix Goncourt 1974". Le Figaro. 28 October 2014.
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